Medication Reconciliation for Patients over 70 Years Old with Type 2 Diabetes in Endocrinology Depart-ment
- VernacularTitle:对内分泌科70岁以上2型糖尿病患者开展入院药物重整的实践探索
- Author:
Yan ZENG
;
Jing YANG
- Keywords:
Clinical pharmacist;
Medication reconciliation;
Medication errors
- From:
China Pharmacist
2017;20(2):305-308
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To discuss the important role of clinical pharmacists in the prevention of medication errors and rational drug use through medication reconciliation in endocrinology department. Methods: The medication reconciliation was given to the diabetic patients over 70 years old newly admitted in the endocrinology department from January to April 2016, and the consistency and appro-priateness of medication orders were verified and the results were collected and analyzed by the pharmacists. Results: Totally 84 pa-tients were enrolled into the research with the average age of (76. 3 ± 5. 0) and the average number of combined diseases of (3. 5 ± 1. 2). The average medications taken by the patients before the admission were (6. 7 ± 2. 9), and 22. 6% of the patients took tradi-tional Chinese medicines and 4. 76% of the patients took health products. The patients whose medications for 24h needed intervention accounted for 27. 38%, the medications orders needed intervention accounted for 3. 67%, and the intervention success rate of clinical pharmacist was 100%. Conclusion:To the patients over 70 years old with type 2 diabetes and multiple diseases treated with a variety of medications, medication reconciliation in 24 hours can effectively prevent the medication errors and promote the rational drug use.
